Afikomen
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The matzoh eaten at a Passover seder, after dinner. Judaism
"The Passover Seders that Jews celebrated on the weekend would have been incomplete without the afikomen."
Example
More examples"The children are looking for the afikomen."
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish אַפֿיקומן (afikoymen), from Hebrew אֲפִיקוֹמָן ('afikomán).